GLP-1 receptor agonists for obesity: eligibility across 99 countries

Sang Gune K.  Yoo; Felix  Teufel; Michaela Theilmann; Yajuan  Si; Elhadji A  Toure; Krishna K Aryal; Till W Bärnighausen; Abdul  Bait; Marta  Barreto; Pascal Bovet; Luisa CC  Brant; Sarah Cuschieri; Albertino  Damasceno; Farshad Farzadfar; Asher  Fawwad; Pascal Geldsetzer; Ian Hambleton; Corine Houehanou; Christina  Howitt; Jutta M A  Jorgensen; Juan P  González-Rivas; Demetre Labadarios; Maja Marcus; Joao  Martins; Omar Mwalim; Ramfis  NietoMartínez; Augustine N  Odili; Binur  Orazumbekova; Gastón Perman; Sarah Quesnel-Crooks; Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam; Ronel  Sewpal; Mafalda  Sousa-Uva; Mubarak Ayodeji  Sulola; Kavita  Venkataraman; Sebastian Vollmer; Xueling Sim; Rifat Atun; José R  Banegas; Juan VA  Franco; Clare  Arnott; Nomathemba  Chandiwana; Mark D. Huffman; Justine Davies; Mohammed K.  Ali; David  Flood; Jennifer Manne-Goehler

doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(25)00356-0

GLP-1 receptor agonists for obesity: eligibility across 99 countries

Sang Gune K. Yoo^*
, Felix Teufel
, Michaela Theilmann
, Yajuan Si
, Elhadji A Toure
, Krishna K Aryal
, Till W Bärnighausen
, Abdul Bait
, Marta Barreto
, Pascal Bovet
, Luisa CC Brant
, Sarah Cuschieri
, Albertino Damasceno
, Farshad Farzadfar
, Asher Fawwad
, Pascal Geldsetzer
, Ian Hambleton
, Corine Houehanou
, Christina Howitt
, Jutta M A Jorgensen

Juan P González-Rivas, Demetre Labadarios, Maja Marcus, Joao Martins, Omar Mwalim, Ramfis NietoMartínez, Augustine N Odili, Binur Orazumbekova, Gastón Perman, Sarah Quesnel-Crooks, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Ronel Sewpal, Mafalda Sousa-Uva, Mubarak Ayodeji Sulola, Kavita Venkataraman, Sebastian Vollmer, Xueling Sim, Rifat Atun, José R Banegas, Juan VA Franco, Clare Arnott, Nomathemba Chandiwana, Mark D. Huffman, Justine Davies, Mohammed K. Ali, David Flood, Jennifer Manne-Goehler

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-108
Number of pages	4
Journal	The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Volume	14
Issue number	2
Early online date	8 Jan 2026
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(25)00356-0
Publication status	Published - Feb 2026

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Obesity
Non-communicable disease
Pharmacoepidemiology
Global Health

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Yoo, S. G. K., Teufel , F., Theilmann, M., Si, Y., Toure, E. A., Aryal, K. K., Bärnighausen, T. W., Bait, A., Barreto, M., Bovet, P., Brant, L. CC., Cuschieri, S., Damasceno , A., Farzadfar, F., Fawwad, A., Geldsetzer, P., Hambleton, I., Houehanou, C., Howitt, C., ... Manne-Goehler, J. (2026). GLP-1 receptor agonists for obesity: eligibility across 99 countries. The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 14(2), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(25)00356-0

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